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From: "Default User" <defaultuserbr@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Amazon to remove download/transfer via USB option for ebooks?
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:45:15 -0000 (UTC)
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ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan wrote:

> In article <vp9cc1$3acdu$1@dont-email.me>,
> Default User <defaultuserbr@yahoo.com> wrote:
 
> > For the most part, I've moved away from Amazon to Kobo, which gives
> > you epub files that you can download. You can use Calibre to
> > convert epubs to mobi or azw3 to use on a kindle device if you want.

> I still get azw/azw3 files as I still use the 2011 "Kindle Keyboard"
> device.  The new ones don't have an aux jack, plus Calibre decrypt
> still works.

I don't have any actual Kindle devices, just apps for Windows and iOs.
The ability to get a workable file for those ended some time back.


Brian